Tom: G Em D Hello darkness, my old friend Em I've come to talk with you again C G Because a vision softly creeping C G Left its seeds while I was sleeping C C2 C G And the vision that was planted in my brain Em Still remains D Em Within the sound of silence Em D In restless dreams I walked alone Em Narrow streets of cobblestone C G 'Neath the halo of a street lamp C G I turned my collar to the cold and damp C C2 C G When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light Em That split the night D Em And touched the sound of silence Em D And in the naked light I saw Em Ten thousand people, maybe more C G People talking without speaking C G People hearing without listening C C2 C G People writing songs that voices never share Em (G - Em) And no one dare D Em Disturb the sound of silence Em D Fools said I, you do not know Em Silence like a cancer grows C G Hear my words that I might teach you C G Take my arms that I might reach to you C C2 C G But my words like silent raindrops fell (G - Em) D Em And echoed in the wells of silence Em D And the people bowed and prayed Em To the neon God they made C G And the sign flashed out it's warning C G And the words that it was forming And the sign said C C2 C G The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls Em And tenement halls D And whispered in the sound